diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/signal.c b/arch/xtensa/kernel/signal.c
index 17ceab8e6479..b69b000349fc 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/signal.c
@@ -260,10 +260,7 @@ asmlinkage long xtensa_rt_sigreturn(long a0, long a1, long a2, long a3,
 		goto badframe;
 
 	sigdelsetmask(&set, ~_BLOCKABLE);
-	spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
-	current->blocked = set;
-	recalc_sigpending();
-	spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
+	set_current_blocked(&set);
 
 	if (restore_sigcontext(regs, frame))
 		goto badframe;
@@ -448,11 +445,8 @@ asmlinkage long xtensa_rt_sigsuspend(sigset_t __user *unewset,
 		return -EFAULT;
 
 	sigdelsetmask(&newset, ~_BLOCKABLE);
-	spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
 	saveset = current->blocked;
-	current->blocked = newset;
-	recalc_sigpending();
-	spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
+	set_current_blocked(&newset);
 
 	regs->areg[2] = -EINTR;
 	while (1) {
@@ -539,12 +533,7 @@ int do_signal(struct pt_regs *regs, sigset_t *oldset)
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 
-		spin_lock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
-		sigorsets(&current->blocked, &current->blocked, &ka.sa.sa_mask);
-		if (!(ka.sa.sa_flags & SA_NODEFER))
-			sigaddset(&current->blocked, signr);
-		recalc_sigpending();
-		spin_unlock_irq(&current->sighand->siglock);
+		block_sigmask(&ka, signr);
 		if (current->ptrace & PT_SINGLESTEP)
 			task_pt_regs(current)->icountlevel = 1;